Mirza Tahir Ahmad

Mirza Tahir Ahmad (18 December 1928-19 April 2003) was the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim community as Amir al-Mu'minin from 10 June 1982 to 19 April 2003, succeeding Mirza Nasir Ahmad and preceding Mirza Masroor Ahmad.

Biography
Mirza Tahir Ahmad was born on 18 December 1928 in Qadian, Punjab, British Raj. He was the son of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second Caliph of Ahmadiyya Islam. He was schooled at the Government College in Lahore in 1944, and in 1955-1957 he briefly studied at the School of Oriental and African Studeies in England, returning to Pakistan without graduating. On 10 June 1982, he succeeded Mirza Nasir Ahmad as Caliph of the Ahmadiyya community, and Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq's persecution of Ahmadis led to Ahmad living in exile in England and India. He established Muslim Television Ahmadiyya International to transmit his Friday sermons, and he also studied homeopathy to cure thousands of people. He died in 2003 of heart failure, and Mirza Masroor Ahmad succeeded him as Caliph.